Genetic status assessment and future development forecast for an isolated giant panda population by Jiabin Liu, Jiaojiao Yu, Wenlei Bi, Mingxia Fu, Xiang Yu, Rong Hou, Xinqiang Song, Rui Ma, Yanshan Zhou, Zusheng Li, Hong Yang, Wei Wu, Jiang Gu, Chong Huang, Long Zhang, Xiaodong Gu, Haijun Gu, Daode Yang, Dunwu Qi

“…To maintain 90 % of current genetic diversity, the Daxiangling population should have at least 80 individuals with a balanced sex ratio. Releasing the existing three female wild-training giant pandas can slightly boost the current genetic diversity, but the long-term survival probability is low (42.9 %). …”
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Etude démographique du magot (Macaca sylvanus) dans le site touristique des cascades d’Ouzoud (Maroc) by Abderrazak El Alami, Abderrahman Chait

“…The overall and adult sex ratios of the initial group were in favor of females, and this group has sex ratios less than 0.83 during the 2003-2007 period. …”
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Effects of Elevated Ambient Temperature on Reproductive Outcomes and Offspring Growth Depend on Exposure Time by Huda Yahia Hamid, Md Zuki Abu Bakar Zakaria, Goh Yong Meng, Abd. Wahid Haron, Noordin Mohamed Mustapha

“…Groups 3 and 4 had prolonged gestation periods, reduced litter sizes, and male-biased sex ratios. Moreover, the growth patterns of group 3 and 4 pups were adversely affected by prenatal exposure to elevated temperature. …”
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Quality Assessment and Host Preference of <i>Telenomus podisi</i> (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) for Fresh and Cryopreserved <i>Euschistus heros</i> (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Eggs by Gabryele Silva Ramos, Rafael Hayashida, Pedro Hiroshi Passos Ikuno, Vanessa Rafaela de Carvalho, William Wyatt Hoback, Regiane Cristina de Oliveira

“…Parasitoids reared from cryopreserved eggs showed similar parasitism and emergence rates, sex ratios, longevity, morphometrics, and proportions of flyers compared to those originating from fresh eggs. …”
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Natural History of the Ant Pheidole desertorum Wheeler in a Desert Grassland Habitat by Ken R. Helms

“…Most colonies produce reproductives each year and colony sex ratios are extremely sex-biased. Mating season begins following summer rainfall, Males and gynes fly prior to sunrise; males form aerial swarms which gynes enter. …”
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Hydrometeorological Variability of Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (<i>Lepidochelys olivacea</i>) Nesting Beaches: Implications for Conservation Practices by Anatoliy Filonov, Enrique Godínez-Domínguez, Iryna Tereshchenko, Cesar O. Monzon, David Avalos-Cueva, María del Refugio Barba-López

“…This study investigates the influence of hydrometeorological conditions on the nesting season and annual hatchling sex ratios conducted at the Playón de Mismaloya Federal Reserve in Tomatlán, Jalisco, Mexico. …”
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The effect of meningococcal vaccines on new generation of systemic inflammatory markers in children by Omer Okuyan, Neval Elgormus, Seyma Dumur, Ugurcan Sayili, Hafize Uzun

“…Results: Of the 464 participants, 58.2% were male, with a mean age of 3.81 years, and both sex ratios and ages were similar across the Nimenrix and Bexsero groups. …”
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